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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Terry note about the women who meet the men in the center of town?
(a) The women look angry.
(b) The women are beautiful.
(c) The women are over forty.
(d) The women are larger than the men are.

2. What does Vandyck note about the clothing that they are wearing?
(a) The clothes are very dirty.
(b) The clothes are warm.
(c) The clothes shine in the moonlight.
(d) The clothes have many pockets.

3. What is Vandyck's surname?
(a) Jennings.
(b) Jenkins.
(c) Johnson.
(d) James.

4. What are the houses surrounded by?
(a) Deep ditches.
(b) Wild flowers.
(c) Fences.
(d) Well-kept gardens.

5. What do the men think makes the women look unfeminine?
(a) Their short hair.
(b) Their clothing.
(c) The way they walk.
(d) Their lack of makeup.

6. What does Terry offer to the three girls?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A ceramic figurine.
(c) A hairpin.
(d) A scarf.

7. What does Terry NOT offer the women in the town center?
(a) A rhinestone circlet.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A jewelled crown.
(d) A collection of gold coins.

8. What food do the men pick from a tree?
(a) Apples.
(b) Sweet fleshy leaves.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Berries.

9. What does Jeff NOT note a lack of in the town?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Animals.
(d) Noise.

10. What is Jeff's surname?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Margrave.
(c) Matthews.
(d) Milton.

11. What did the author complete before her death?
(a) Her autobiography.
(b) A study of women in the workplace.
(c) Her first novel.
(d) A university lecture tour.

12. What movement are the author's works linked to by Ann J. Lane?
(a) The abolitionist movement
(b) The feminist movement.
(c) The environmental movement.
(d) The civil rights movement.

13. What is characteristic of the village that the men see?
(a) The colorful flags.
(b) The wild-growing plants.
(c) The clean architecture.
(d) The gravel roads.

14. Why does Terry lament not catching the girl in the tree?
(a) She could have been used as a hostage.
(b) She could have convinced the women to let the men go.
(c) She could have warned the men not to go to town.
(d) Terry thought she was beautiful.

15. What surprises the explorers about the women in town?
(a) The women speak English.
(b) The women show no fear.
(c) The women are physically strong.
(d) The women are dressed like men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author of "Herland" die?

2. What is the name of Vandyck's tutor?

3. Who does Jeff's tutor remind him of?

4. What is set out for each man at their tables in Chapter 3?

5. As far as Terry is concerned, what are the only women worth knowing?

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